Over the past few years it has struck me how the climate change movement and the numerous presentations I have watched in person or online try to move people to action through fear and numbers. First, lets address the numbers issue. All too often referring to large scale problems whether it is gun violence, road […]
Be open to ideas and move beyond “the right way” or “this is how we do it”
When you have worked for various companies and clients in different countries and cultures you soon realise that there is not one way to do something. Never get lost in the pushing what you think is the “right way of doing it” on to others. Â You may have learnt the “right way” at school or […]
New media requires respect like old media
I am finding it more interesting that design firms who wish to have articles published on my blog – World Landscape Architecture think because it is new media and it is digital blog that they can ask and sometimes demand a change to the post title or the way the images are laid out. Often, […]
Setting Goals and Plans not Resolutions for 2017
It is the last day of 2016 in Melbourne, Australia and it is a time when we read top 10 lists on 2016 and start looking to the future and making resolutions. However, in the past I find resolutions to be fleeting and I usually forget about  them by week 2 or 3 of the new […]